EL007 Software Law

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. Type of Completion: -.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Michal Koščík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Josef Kotásek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Ing. Libor Kyncl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Michaela Poremská, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
JUDr. Danuše Spáčilová (lecturer)
JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Šavelka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Martin Škop, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Prerequisites
Basic understending of intellectual property law concepts.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Course objectives
The aims of the course are:
- to introduce software as the object of legal relationships;
- to explain the basics of software legal protection;
- to present the most important contractual issues of software law;
- to teach basic legal and economic aspects of software marketing;
Syllabus
  • 1. Opening information
  • 2. Nature of Software
  • 3. Software Law
  • 4. Software Protection
  • 5. Intellectual Property Protection for Software I
  • 6. Intellectual Property Protection for Software II
  • 7. Free Software
  • 8. Illegal Utilisation of Software
  • 9. Typical Software Contracts
  • 10. Custom-made Software
  • 11. Software Market Regulation
  • 12. Software Standardisation
  • 13. Closing information
Teaching methods
Lectures and discussions.
Assessment methods
Lectures and discussions.
Home projects related to individual lessons.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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